The girl is 3 years old. She was caught up in an orange kite at a festival in Nanliao, Taiwan this weekend.

She was seen twisting in the air as adults desperately tried to pull her back down.

The youngster somehow managed to escape also unharmed from the terrifying sight.

Terrifying footage shows the moment a three-year-old girl was whisked 100 feet into the air by a giant kite during a Taiwanese festival. 

The unidentified girl was taking part in a kite festival on Sunday at Nanliao harbour in Hsinchu City when she was caught up by a giant, long-tailed orange kite. 

Footage from the scenes her twisting several times above a crowd of adults as they desperately struggle to pull her back down to earth.

Local reports suggest a group of people were able to catch her when she fell to the ground, with screams and yells filling the scene. 

As the kite tangled around the youngster, crowds leapt up to try and pull her down to earth.

News reports suggest she was understandably frightened, but suffered no physical injuries other than some scratches to her face.

According to Taiwan News, she was taken to the hospital immediately after the incident and was joined by her mother.

It claims the kite was meant to be carrying candles which would it would then scatter from above. 

The swirling winds appeared to throw the girl into the air upside down as it blows her out of control.

Despite soaring well above the crowds, the three-year-old girl is only thought to have suffered scratches following the terrifying incident in Taiwan.

Crowds scrambled to catch the girl after a sudden gust caught her up in a large orange kite at a festival in Taiwan on Sunday.

Part of the large orange kite tangled around the three-year-old, with shocked crowds scrambling to help below

It's understood Hsinchu City's mayor, Lin Chih-chien, has apologised for the incident.

According to Taiwan News, he said: 'The city government team offers its sincere apology to the victim and the public.'

The entire festival was called off shortly after the shocking incident.

A three-year-old girl was accidentally ripped into the air by a large kite on Sunday afternoon at the Hsinchu City International Kite Festival, but only suffered abrasions to her face and neck.

In videos of the incident, it was unclear how the young girl, who weighs only 13 kilograms, got close to the kite or caught up in it, but it appeared that part of the fabric at the tail-end of the kite became tangled around her neck.

She was tossed around in the air for around 30 seconds before the kite was lowered slowly and she was caught safely by people on the ground.

The girl, surnamed Lin (林), was immediately rushed to the hospital with her mother, and she was found to have suffered abrasions to her face and neck but had no broken bones, according to Hsinchu Deputy Mayor Shen Huei-hong.

She has since returned home with her family, Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien said on his Facebook page.

The city government deeply regretted the incident, and will review what happened so as to hold those responsible accountable and to prevent similar accidents from happening again, Lin said.

According to Chang Li-ke, a Hsinchu government official, the wind at the festival on Sunday afternoon reached 7 on the Beaufort Scale, just one tier below gale level winds, with wind speeds ranging from 13.9 to 17.1 meters per second.

Remaining events at the festival, which was scheduled to run through Sunday evening, were canceled.